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1 Plays Produced by the Alumnae Theatre Company, formerly the University Alumnae Dramatic Club Play Author Year Director Les Femmes Savantes Molière 1919 Dr. Kirkpatrick? Trelawney of the Wells Arthur Wing Pinero 1919 Dr. Kirkpatrick A Trip to Scarborough Sheridan 1921 Directed by the cast The Romantic Age A. A. Milne 1922 A Single Man 1923 Edgar Stone The Charity That Began at Home St. John Hankin? (handwriting unclear) 1924 The Evil Doers of Good Jacinto Benavente 1925 Three One Act Plays: Spring Campbell of Kilmhor Overruled Colin Campbell Clements J.A. Ferguson George Bernard Shaw 1926 Getting Married: A disquisitory play by George Bernard Shaw 1927 H. E. Hitchman Three Short Plays: Fourteen Willo’theWisp The Dear Departed Alice Gerstenberg Doris Halman Stanley Houghton 1927 A Marriage Has Been Arranged Alfred Sutro 1927 Mrs. Pat and the Law Mary Aldis 1927 Dorinda Dares Angela Morris (Norris?) 1928 Mary, Mary Quite Contrary St. John Irvine 1928 H. E. Hitchman Caesar’s Wife Somerset Maugham 1928 H. E. Hitchman The Only Jealousy of Emer W. B. Yeats 1929 Pomander Walk Louis N. Parker 1930 Edgar Stone To Have the Honour A. A. Milne 1930 Edgar Stone A Matter of Husbands Franz Molnar (as in listing – check spelling of first name) 1931 Trifles Susan Glaspell 1931 The Shepherd in the Distance N. Hudson 1931 Joint Owners in Spain Oliver Brown 1931 The Valiant Holworthy Hall and R. Middlemas (Middlemes?) 1931 Dorinda Dares Angeline Morris (Norris?) 1931 Ladies in Waiting Cyril Campion 1935 Frank Hemingway Empurpled Moors Oscar W. Firkins 1936 Frank Hemingway The Family Portrait John Coulter 1937 The Cradle Song Gregorio & Maria Martinez Sierra 1937

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Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

 Play   Author   Year   Director  Les  Femmes  Savantes   Molière   1919   Dr.  Kirkpatrick?  

Trelawney  of  the  Wells   Arthur  Wing  Pinero   1919   Dr.  Kirkpatrick  

A  Trip  to  Scarborough   Sheridan   1921   Directed  by  the  cast  

The  Romantic  Age   A.  A.  Milne   1922    

A  Single  Man     1923   Edgar  Stone  

The  Charity  That  Began  at  Home   St.  John  Hankin?  (handwriting  unclear)   1924    

The  Evil  Doers  of  Good   Jacinto  Benavente   1925    

Three  One  Act  Plays:        Spring        Campbell  of  Kilmhor        Overruled  

 Colin  Campbell  Clements  J.A.  Ferguson  George  Bernard  Shaw  

1926    

Getting  Married:  A  disquisitory  play  by  

George  Bernard  Shaw   1927   H.  E.  Hitchman  

Three  Short  Plays:        Fourteen        Will-­‐o’-­‐the-­‐Wisp        The  Dear  Departed  

 Alice  Gerstenberg  Doris  Halman  Stanley  Houghton  

1927    

A  Marriage  Has  Been  Arranged   Alfred  Sutro   1927    

Mrs.  Pat  and  the  Law   Mary  Aldis   1927    

Dorinda  Dares   Angela  Morris  (Norris?)   1928    

Mary,  Mary  Quite  Contrary   St.  John  Irvine   1928   H.  E.  Hitchman  

Caesar’s  Wife   Somerset  Maugham   1928   H.  E.  Hitchman  

The  Only  Jealousy  of  Emer   W.  B.  Yeats   1929    

Pomander  Walk   Louis  N.  Parker   1930   Edgar  Stone  

To  Have  the  Honour   A.  A.  Milne   1930   Edgar  Stone  

A  Matter  of  Husbands   Franz  Molnar  (as  in  listing  –  check  spelling  of  first  name)  

1931    

Trifles   Susan  Glaspell   1931    

The  Shepherd  in  the  Distance   N.  Hudson   1931    

Joint  Owners  in  Spain   Oliver  Brown   1931    

The  Valiant   Holworthy  Hall  and  R.  Middlemas  (Middlemes?)  

1931    

Dorinda  Dares   Angeline  Morris  (Norris?)   1931    

Ladies  in  Waiting   Cyril  Campion     1935   Frank  Hemingway  

Empurpled  Moors   Oscar  W.  Firkins   1936   Frank  Hemingway  

The  Family  Portrait   John  Coulter   1937    

The  Cradle  Song   Gregorio  &  Maria  Martinez  Sierra   1937    

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Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  The  Old  Maid  (episodes  from)   Zoë  Atkins   1938   Lorna  Sheard  

Miss  Black  Sheep     Girvin  &  Cosens   1938   Edgar  Stone  

Three  One  Act  Plays:        The  Londonderry  Air        Love  and  Learning        After  the  Tempest  

 Rachel  Field  Romain  Coolus  Geoffrey  Trease  

1940    E.  G.  Sterndale  Bennett  Rai  Purdy  Edgar  Stone  

Three  One  Act  Plays:        A  Change  of  Mind        Day’s  End        The  Happy  Journey  

 R.  Spiers  A.  Peiratt  Thornton  Wilder  

1946    E.  G.  Sterndale  Bennett  Rai  Purdy  Edgar  Stone  

A  Hundred  Years  Old   S.  and  J.  Alvarez  Quintero  English  version  by  Helen  and  Harley  Granville-­‐Barker  

1947   Karen  Glahn  

Wild  Decembers   Clemence  Dane   1947   Karen  Glahn  

Years  Ago   Ruth  Gordon   1948   John  Mantley  

The  High-­‐Backed  Chair   Norman  Holland   1949   Karen  Glahn  

Autumn  Crocus   C.  L.  Anthony   1949   William  Needles  

Thérèse   Thomas  Job  (from  Émile  Zola’s  Thérèse  Raquin)  

1950   Henry  Kaplan  

In  Good  King  Charles’  Golden  Days   George  Bernard  Shaw   1951   Herbert  Whittaker  

Dear  Octopus   Dodie  Smith   1951   William  Needles  

Olympia   Ferenc  Molnar   1952   Herbert  Whittaker  

Miranda   Peter  Blackmore   1952   Peter  Francis  

The  Heiress   Ruth  and  Augustus  Goetz,  suggested  by  the  Henry  James  novel  Washington  Square.  

1952   Sterndale  Bennett  

The  Family  Reunion   T.  S.  Eliot   1953   Herbert  Whittaker  

Venus  Observed   Christopher  Fry   1954   Sterndale  Bennett  

The  Old  Ladies   Rodney  Ackland,  adapted  from  the  novel  by  Hugh  Walpole  

1954   Robert  Gill  

A  Woman  of  No  Importance   Oscar  Wilde,  adapted  by  Paul  Dehn   1954   Leonard  Crainford  

Teach  Me  How  to  Cry   Patricia  Joudry   1955   Leon  Major  

To  Ride  a  Tiger   Norman  Williams   1956   Herbert  Whittaker  

John  Gabriel  Borkman   Henrik  Ibsen   1957   Christina  Wade  

Ardele   Jean  Anouilh   1957   Gordon  Johnson  

Waiting  for  Godot   Samuel  Beckett   1957   Pamela  Terry  

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The  Trojan  Women   Euripides,  translation  by  Gilbert  Murray   1958   Robert  Gill  

Waiting  for  Godot   Samuel  Beckett   1958   Pamela  Terry  

The  Beaux-­‐Stratagem   George  Farquhar   1958/59   Molly  Golby  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  As  You  Desire  Me   Luigi  Pirandello   1958/59   Elizabeth  Gray  

Yerma   Federico  Garcia  Lorca   1958/59   Francess  Halpenny  

The  Alchemist   Ben  Jonson   1958/59   Pamela  Terry  

The  Bald  Soprano  The  Lesson  

Eugene  Ionesco   1958/59   Gordon  Johnson  

The  Immortal  Husband   James  Merrill   1958/59   Leith  Macdonald  

A  Month  in  the  Country   Ivan  Turgenev   1959/60   Blanche  Hogg  

The  Killdeer   James  Reaney   1959/60   Pamela  Terry  

The  Queen  and  the  Rebels   Ugo  Betti   1960/61   Pamela  Terry  

The  Way  of  the  World   William  Congreve   1960/61   Molly  Golby  

Three  Moderns        Dock  Brief    Three  Sketches        Applicant        The  Black  and  White        Gladly  Otherwise    I  Spy  

 John  Mortimer      Harold  Pinter  Harold  Pinter  N.  F.  Simpson    John  Mortimer  

1961/62    Francess  Halpenny      Juliana  Saxton  

“Seven  Moderns”  Series        All  that  Fall        Last  to  Go        Embers  

 Samuel  Beckett  Harold  Pinter  Samuel  Beckett  

1961/62    Molly  Golby  Judith  Ramsay  Robert  Brodie  

“Seven  Moderns”  Series  III        The  Maids        The  Flowered  Suit        The  Women  at  the  Tomb  

 Jean  Genêt  Don  Bryn  Michel  de  Ghelerode  

1961/62    Martin  Hunter  Helen  Dunlop  Eleanor  Beecroft  

Les  Femmes  Savantes   Molière   1961/62   Leith  Macdonald  

What  Shall  We  Tell  Caroline  The  Babies  

John  Mortimer  Anna  Lippman  

1961/62   Pamela  Terry  Francess  Halpenny  

The  Easter  Egg   James  Reaney   1962/63   Pamela  Terry  

The  Hole  The  Room  

N.  F.  Simpson  Harold  Pinter  

1962/63   Herbert  Whittaker  

Gallows  Humor   Jack  Richardson   1962/63   Wilf  Pegg  

Major  Barbara   George  Bernard  Shaw   1963/64   Pamela  Terry  

Count  Oederland   Max  Frisch   1963/64   Patricia  Carroll  Brown  

The  Caretaker   Harold  Pinter   1963/64   Herbert  Whittaker  

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The  Gibbet   Jacques  Languirand   1963/64   Anne  Weldon  

The  Emperor   Luigi  Pirandello   1964/65   Gordon  C.  Johnson  

Doctors  of  Philosophy   Muriel  Spark   1964/65   Cicely  Thomson  

Next  Time  I’ll  Sing  for  You   James  Saunders   1964/65   Pamela  Terry  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  A  Touch  of  the  Poet   Eugene  O’Neill   1964/65   Herbert  Whittaker  

The  Good  Woman  of  Setzuan   Bertholt  Brecht,  english  adaptation  by  Eric  Bentley  

1964/65   Partricia  Carroll  Brown  

The  Condemned  of  Altona     Jean-­‐Paul  Sartre   1965/66   Elizabeth  Ward  

Love  for  Love   William  Congreve   1965/66   Harold  Burke  

The  Deadly  Game   James  Yaffe,  adapted  from  the  novel  Trapps  by  Friedrich  Duerrenmatt  

1965/66   Martin  Hunter  

A  Country  Scandal   Anton  Chekhov   1965/66   Brian  Meeson  

Three  from  Ottawa        Pi        The  Day  of  the  Lemmings        The  Rest  Room  

 Robert  Shirley  George  C.  Blackburn  Russell  MacCallum  

1965/66    Herbert  Whittaker  Associate  Director:  Martin  Hunter  

The  Three  Sisters   Anton  Chekhov   1966/67   Marigold  Charlesworth  

Daily  News  from  the  Whole  World   Rae  Davis   1966/67   Pamela  Terry  

Women  Beware  Women   Thomas  Middleton   1966/67   Brian  Meeson  

The  Ladies  of  the  Alumnae  Present:  A  Centennial  Tribute  to  the  Ladies  of  the  Canadian  Frontier        Part  1.  The  Gentlewomen  of  Upper        Canada        Part  2.  Excerpts  from  the  Life  and        Works  of  Sarah  Binks,  Sweet        Songstress  of  Saskatchewan  

     Part  1.  Prepared  by  Molly  Thom    Part  2.  Paul  Hiebert  (with  the  kind  permission  of  the  Oxford  University  Press)  

1966/67        Part  1.  Molly  Thom    Part  2.  Elizabeth  Mascall    

The  Circle   Somerset  Maugham   1966/67   Maurice  Evans  

The  Eccentricities  of  a  Nightingale  (a  revision  of  Summer  and  Smoke)  

Tennessee  Williams   1967/68   Martin  Hunter  

The  Underpants   Carl  Sternheim   1967/68   Wendy  Butler  

This  Beggarly  Wooden  Country:  A  Centennial  Tribute        Part  1.  The  Gentlewomen  of  Upper        Canada        Part  2.  Highlights  from  the  Life  and        Works  of  Sarah  Binks,  Sweet        Songstress  of  Saskatchewan  

   Part  1.  Prepared  by  Molly  Thom    Part  2.  Paul  Hiebert  (with  the  kind  permission  of  the  Oxford  University  Press)  

1967/68      Part  1.  Molly  Thom    Part  2.  Elizabeth  Mascall    

Little  Malcolm  and  his  Struggle              Against  the  Eunuchs  

David  Halliwell   1967/68   Brian  Meeson  

Viet  Rock   Megan  Terry   1968/69   Molly  Thom  

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The  Promise   Aleksei  Abruzov   1968/69   Wendy  Butler  

The  Birthday  Party   Harold  Pinter   1968/69   Herbert  Whittaker  

Mister,  Mister   Günther  Grass   1968/69   Martin  Hunter  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  Collision  Course  (Five  Short  Plays)        Camera  Obscura        Tour        The  Unexpurgated  Memoirs  of              Bernard  Mergendeiler        Momma  as  She  Became  –  But  Not              As  She  Was        Rats  

 Robert  Patrick  Terence  McNally  Jules  Feiffer    John  Rechy    Israel  Horowitz  

1969/70   Joan  Shaw    

America  Hurrah   Jean-­‐Claude  van  Itallie   1969/70   Phyllis  Benvenuto  

The  Ecstasy  of  Rita  Joe   George  Ryga   1970/71   Herbert  Whittaker  

D.  H.  Lawrence:  Man  and  Demon  (with)The  Widowing  of  Mrs.  Holroyd  

Anne  Tait  D.  H.  Lawrence  

1970/71   Anne  Tait  Brian  Meeson  

Creditors  (with)  One  Man  Masque  

August  Strindberg  James  Reaney  

1971/72   Adam  Ludwig  Pamela  Beckwith  

Pablo  Neruda:  Lives  of  the  Poet   ?   1971/72   ?  

Tonight:  Bert  Brecht   Berthold  Brecht    

1971/72    

Mixed  Doubles  Eight  Playlets  

Various  authors  including  Owen,  Saunders,  Pinter,  Bowen  etc.  (file  available  at  Alumnae)  

1971/72   Molly  Thom  

Landscape  and  Silence   Harold  Pinter   1971/72   Urjo  Kareda  

The  Plough  and  the  Stars   Sean  O’Casey   1972/73   Patricia  Carroll  Brown  

Le  Temps  Sauvage   Anne  Hébert   1972/73   John  Van  Burek  

Sir  Gawain  and  the  Green  Knight   1400  text  prepared  by  Anne  Tait   1972/73   Anne  Tait  

The  Women   Clare  Booth  Luce   1972/73   Ron  Solloway  

Box  and  Quotations  from  Chairman  Mao  Tse-­‐Tung  

Edward  Albee   1972/73   Pamela  Terry  Beckwith  

The  Zykovs   Maxim  Gorky,  adapted  by  Molly  Thom  from  a  translation  by  David  Huntley  

1972/73   Molly  Thom  

Kaspar   Pater  Handke,  translated  by  Michael  Roloff  

1973/74   Pamela  Terry  Beckwith  

Once  in  a  Lifetime   George  S.  Kaufman  &  Moss  Hart   1973/74   Phyllis  Benvenuto  

Total  Eclipse   Christopher  Hampton   1973/74   Anne  Tait  

The  Young  Visiters,  or,  Mr.  Salteena’s  Plan  

Daisy  Ashford,  adapted  by  Molly  Thom   1973/74   Molly  Thom  

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Old  Times   Harold  Pinter   1973/74   Herbert  Whittaker  

Muddy  Little  York   Docudrama  prepared  by  the  company  and  some  non-­‐acting  contributors  

1973/74   Juliana  Saxton  

Lemon  Sky   Lanford  Wilson   1974/75   Shelagh  Hewitt  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  Shelter   Carol  Bolt   1974/75   Eric  Steiner  

The  Power  of  Darkness   Leo  Tolstoy   1974/75   Molly  Thom  

Forget-­‐Me-­‐Not-­‐Lane   Peter  Nichols   1974/75   Mavis  Hayman  

The  Marriage  of  Figaro:  or,  the  Follies  of  a  Day  

Pierre-­‐Augustin  Caron  de  Beaumarchais   1974/75   Phyllis  Benvenuto  

Hippolytus   Euripides,  translation  by  Robert  Bagg   1975/76   Juliana  Saxton  

Crabdance   Beverly  Simons   1975/76   Mavis  Hayman  

This  Beggarly  Wooden  Country   Adaptation  by  Molly  Thom   1975/76   Molly  Thom  

The  Unexpected  Guest   Agatha  Christie   1975/76   Cicely  Thomson  

The  Admirable  History  of  a  Penitent  Woman  MADELEINE:  An  Instance  of  Daemonic  Possession  in  Seventeenth  Century  France  

W.  H.  Rockett   1975/76   Jean  Bartels  

The  Rover  or  The  Banish’t  Cavaliers:  A  Comedy  of  Intrigue  

Aphra  Behn   1975/76   Molly  Thom  

The  House  of  Blue  Leaves   John  Guare   1975/76   Phyllis  Benvenuto  

Murder  on  the  Nile   Agatha  Christie   1976/77   Pamela  Terry  Beckwith  

Pocketful  of  Promises   Nan  Brien   1976/77   Diane  Wilkinson  

The  Children’s  Hour   Lillian  Hellman   1976/77   Mavis  Hayman  

Princess  Ivona   Witthold  Gombrowicz   1976/77   Pamela  Terry  Beckwith    

The  Real  Inspector  Hound  and    After  Magritte  

Tom  Stoppard   1976/77   Molly  Thom  

Our  Own  Particular  Jane   Joan  Mason  Hurley   1976/77   Cicely  Thomson  

He  Who  Gets  Slapped     Leonid  Andreyev   1976/77   Frank  Canino  

Absurd  Person  Singular   Alan  Ayckbourn   1977/78   ?  

York  Cycle:        The  Trial  Before  Caiaphas        The  School  Mistress  

 Arthur  Wing  Pinero  

1977/78    Virginia  Reh  Cicely  Thomson  

Light  Up  the  Sky   Moss  Hart   1977/78   Robert  D.  Vogel  

When  Did  You  Last  see  My  Mother?   Christopher  Hampton   1977/78   Anne  Tait  

Tango   Slawomir  Mrozek,  adaptation  by   1977/78   Pamela  Terry  Beckwith  

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Nicholas  Bethell  and  Tom  Stoppard  

The  Beaux’  Stratagem   George  Farquhar   1978/79  60th  Anniversary  Season  

Molly  Thom  

Pablo  Neruda:  The  Lives  of  the  Poet   Assembled  by  Lina  Ladron  de  Guevara   1978/79  60th  Anniversary  Season  

Joan  Shaw  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  The  Alcestiad  or  A  Life  in  the  Sun   Thornton  Wilder   1978/79  

60th  Anniversary  Season  

Herbert  Whittaker  

The  Women  of  Margaret  Lawrence   Margaret  Lawrence  texts  prepared  and  performed  by  Norma  Edward    

1978/79  60th  Anniversary  Season  

Francess  Halpenny  

La  Nef  des  Sorcières   Six  French  Canadian  Women  Authors:  Marie-­‐Claire  Blais,  Nicole  Brossard,  Odette  Gagnon,  France  Theoret,  Marthe  Blackburn,  Pol  Pelletier,  Luce  Guilbeault  

1978/79  60th  Anniversary  Season  

Molly  Thom  

Can  You  See  Me  Yet?   Timothy  Findley   1978/79  60th  Anniversary  Season  

Mavis  Hayman  

The  Increased  Difficulty  of  Concentration  

Wraclav  Havel   1978/79  60th  Anniversary  Season  

Pamela  Terry  Beckwith  

Celebrations   Various  –  songs  and  sketches  A  Cabaret  

1978/79  60th  Anniversary  Season  

?  

(No  plays  listed  for  this  season)     1979/80    

The  First  Night  of  Pygmalion   Richard  Huggett   1980/81   ?  

The  Right  Honourable  Gentleman   Michael  Dyne   1980/81   Cicely  Thomson  

Happy  Days   Samuel  Beckett   1980/81   ?  

The  Heart  of  Rosedale   Wayne  Carley   1980/81   Lewis  Baumander  

The  Private  Ear  and  The  Public  Eye   Peter  Schaffer   1980/81   ?  

Gossip   George  Walker   1980/81   Nola  Morgan  Wale  Molly  Thom  

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Media  Memories   Various  Authors   1980/81   ?  

School  for  Scandal    (The  season  brochure  mentioned  The  Country  Wife  in  this  time  slot,  too.  Was  there  a  substitution?)  

Richard  Sheridan   1980/81   Araby  Lockhart,  assisted  by  Frances  Halpenny  

A  Lovely  Sunday  for  Creve  Coeur   Tennessee  Williams   1981/82   Morna  Wales  

Extraordinary  People     Peter  Raffo   1981/82   Mavis  Hayman  

A  Woman  of  No  Importance   Oscar  Wilde   1981/82   Cicely  Thomson  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  Come  As  You  Are   John  Mortimer   1981/82   Nola  Morgan  Wale,  

associate  director  Donald  H.  Ford  

But  This  is  Our  War   Grace  Morris  Craig,  adapted  by  Francess  Halpenny    

1981/82   Francess  Halpenny  

The  Cocktail  Party   T.  S.  Eliot   1981/82   Herbert  Whittaker  

The  Club   Eve  Merriam   1981/82   B.  J.  Castleman  (Director)  Chip  Thompson  (Music  Director)  

Poor  Murderer   Pavel  Kahout   1982/83   B.  J.  Castleman  

Confusions   Alan  Ayckbourn   1982/83   Nan  Hirst  

The  Little  Foxes   Lillian  Hellman   1982/83   Peter  Hart  

Fragments  by  Canadian  Playwrights:        What  Do  Bakers  Die  Of?        The  Hoax        Bedpan  Deadpan  

 Gerry  and  Gordon  Diver  Jill  Gowland  Tony  de  Santis  

1982/83   Nola  Wale  

A  Delicate  Balance   Edward  Albee   1982/83   Mavis  Hayman  

The  Women  of  Alice  Munro  (in  the  season  brochure)  Alice  Munro’s  Lives  of  Girls  and  Women  (in  the  programme)  

Adapted  by  Francess  Halpenny  and  Helen  Dunlop  

1982/83   Francess  Halpenny  

The  Mumberly  Inheritance   Warren  Graves   1982/83   Cicely  Thomson  

A  Cabaret   ?   1982/83    

Absent  Friends   Alan  Ayckbourn   1983/84   Nan  Hirst  

The  Cherry  Orchard   Anton  Chekhov,  english  adaptation  by  John  Geilgud  

1983/84   Herbert  Whittaker  

Dogg’s  Hamlet  &  Cahoots  Macbeth   Tom  Stoppard   1983/84   Dorothy  Kelleher  

Knuckle   David  Hare   1983/84   Mavis  Hayman  

Ah,  Wilderness!   Eugene  O’Neill   1983/84   Cicely  Thomson  

84  Charing  Cross  Road   Helene  Hanff   1983/84   Francess  Halpenny  and  

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Helen  Dunlop  

The  Barretts  of  Wimpole  Street   Rudolph  Besier   1984/85   Nan  Hirst  

The  Last  Real  Summer   Warren  Graves   1984/85   Laurie  Steven  

The  Suicide   Nikolai  Erdman   1984/85   Brian  Longstaff  

Don  Juan  Returns  from  the  War   Oden  von  Horvath   1984/85   Pamela  Terry  

Enter  a  Free  Man   Tom  Stoppard   1984/85   Dorothy  Kelleher  

Sea  Marks   Gardner  McKay   1984/85   Virginia  Reh  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  The  Coarse  Acting  Show   Michael  Green   1984/85   Molly  Thom  (3  sections)  

Harold  Burke  (2  sections)  

Ten  Times  Table   Alan  Ayckbourn   1985/86   Robert  Buck  

Painting  Churches   Tina  Howe   1985/86   Virginia  Reh  

Full  Circle   Erich  Maria  Remarque,  adapted  by  Peter  Stone  

1985/86   Cicely  Thomson  

Catch  Me  I’m  Falling   Denis  Heber  Caslon   1985/86   Anne  Tait  

Queen  Christina   Pam  Gems   1985/86   Molly  Thom  

One  Writer’s  Beginning   Eudora  Welty,  dramatized  reading  adapted  by  Francess  Halpenny  

1985/86   Francess  Halpenny  

To  Grandmother’s  House  We  Go   Joanna  M.  Glass   1985/86    

Ring  Around  the  Moon   Jean  Anouilh   1986/87   Theresa  Sears  

Talking  With   Jane  Martin   1986/87   Rita  Spannbauer  

Fen   Caryl  Churchill   1986/87   Molly  Thom  

A  Beckett  Birthday  Celebration  for  his  80th  Birthday        Come  and  Go        Ohio  Impromptu        Catastrophe        Play  

Samuel  Beckett   1986/87   Pamela  Terry  

Filumena   Eduardo  de  Filippo   1986/87   Harold  Burke  

Glimpses  of  Paradise:  D.  H.  Lawrence  and  Frieda  at  Love  and  War  

Michael  Tait   1986/87   Anne  Weldon  Tait  

The  Art  of  Dining   Tine  Howe   1986/87   Jane  Carnwath  

Morning’s  at  Seven   Paul  Osborn   1987/88    

Rose   Andrew  Davies   1987/88   Rita  Spannbauer  

Special  Occasions   Bernard  Slade   1987/88   Joan  Shaw  

Tom  and  Viv   Michael  Hastings   1987/88   Jane  Carnwath  

Gertrude  Stein  and  a  Companion   Win  Wills   1987/88   Pamela  Terry  

Lydie  Breeze   John  Guare   1987/88   Molly  Thom  

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New  Ideas   Various   1987/88   Various  

A  Month  of  Sundays   Bob  Larbey   1988/89   Mavis  Hayman  

The  Late  Blumer   John  Lazarus   1988/89   Sherry  Wells  

Beyond  Therapy   Christopher  Durang   1988/89   Kerri  MacDonald  

Letters  Home   Rose  Leiman  Goldemberg   1988/89   Colleen  Williams  

Madwoman  of  Chaillot   Jean  Giraudoux,  adapted  by  Maurice  Valency  

1988/89   Jane  Carnwath  

Gone  to  Glory   Suzanne  Finlay   1988/89   Pamela  Terry  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  New  Ideas   Various   1988/89   Various  

Stepping  Out   Richard  Harris   1989/90   Mavis  Hayman  

Largo  Desolato   Vaclav  Havel,  adapted  by  Tom  Stoppard   1989/90   Pamela  Terry  

Three  by  Tenn        The  Lady  of  Larkspur  Lotion        Hello  from  Bertha        Something  Unspoken  

Tennessee  Williams   1989/90    Hereward  Pooley  Sally  Han  Peter  Lloyd  

Camille   Pam  Gems   1989/90   Molly  Thom  

Red  Emma:  Queen  of  the  Anarchists   Carol  Bolt   1989/90   Kerri  MacDonald  

Reckless   Craig  Lucas   1989/90   Jordan  Merkur  

New  Ideas??   Various   1989/90   Various  

The  Actor’s  Nightmare  and    ‘Dentity  Crisis  

Christopher  Durang   1990/91   Kerri  MacDonald  

Real  Estate   Louise  Page   1990/91   Molly  Thom  

New  Ideas  Program  1   Various   1990/91   Various  

Wild  Honey   Anton  Chekhov,  adapted  and  translated  by  Michael  Frayn  

1990/91   Jane  Carnwath  

New  Ideas  Program  2   Various   1990/91   Various  

Bloody  Poetry   Howard  Brenton   1990/91   Jordon  Merkur  

You  Can’t  Take  It  With  You   Moss  Hart  George  S.  Kaufman  

1991/92   David  Savoy  

Eleemosynary   Lee  Blessing   1991/92   Jane  Carnwath  

New  Ideas   Various   1991/92   Various  

The  Love  of  the  Nightingale   Timberlake  Wertenbaker   1991/92   Molly  Thom  

The  Shadow  Walkers   Brian  Tremblay   1991/92   Rita  Spannbauer  

The  Sea   Edward  Bond   1992/93   Diana  Kolpak  

Sarah  Binks  and  Friends:  Part  1.  This  Beggarly  Wooden  Country  Part  2.  Sara  Binks,  Sweet  Songstress  of  Saskatchewan  

 Moodie,  Traill,  Langton,  Jameson  (no  adaptation  credit  given)  Elizabeth  Mascall,  adapted  from  a  novel  by  Paul  Hiebert  

1992/93    Jeffrey  Aarles,  Colleen  Williams  (co-­‐director)  John  McKillop  

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New  Ideas   Various   1992/93   Various  

The  Trojan  Women   Euripides,  adaptation  by  Gwendolyn  MacEwan  

1992/93   Jeannette  Lambermont  (Professional  Directors’  Award  Winner)  

Cloud  Nine   Caryl  Churchill   1992/93   Victoria  Dawe  

Mystery  of  the  Rose  Bouquet   Manuel  Puig   1993/94   David  Savoy  

Masterpieces   Sarah  Daniels   1993/94   Elizabeth  Shepherd  

Les  Belles  Soeurs   Michel  Tremblay   1993/94   Sue  Miner  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  Under  Milk  Wood   Dylan  Thomas   1993/94   Josephine  LeGrice  

Blood  Relations   Sharon  Pollack   1994/95   Lynda  Hill  

Happy  End   Bertolt  Brecht/Kurt  Weill   1994/95   Rebecca  Cann  

The  Rivals   Richard  Brinsley  Sheridan   1994/95   Margaret  Gobie  

Thirteen  Hands   Carol  Shields   1994/95   Molly  Thom  

Six  Characters  in  Search  of  an  Author   Luigi  Pirandello   1995/96   Linda  Matassa  

On  the  Verge   Eric  Overmyer   1995/96   Jane  Carnwath  

Getting  Out   Marsha  Norman   1995/96   Mary  Dwyer  

New  Ideas  Festival  ‘96   Various   1995/96   Various  

An  Italian  Straw  Hat   Eugene  Labiche   1995/96   David  Savoy  

Departures  and  Arrivals   Carol  Shields   1996/97   Tracy  Carroll  

Top  Girls   Caryl  Churchill   1996/97   Molly  Thom  

The  Seagull   Anton  Chekhov,  translated  by  David  French  

1996/97   Jennifer  Brewin  

New  Ideas  Festival  ‘97   Various   1996/97   Various  

Andorra  a  Model   Max  Frisch,  translated  by  Michael  Bullock  

1996/97   G.  Bernardi  

The  Gut  Girls   Sarah  Daniels   1997/98   Jane  Carnwath  

The  Visit   Friedrich  Dürrenmatt,  translated  by  Patrick  Bowles  

1997/98   Kelly  Thornton  

Better  Living   George  F.  Walker   1997/98   Victoria  Dawe  

New  Ideas  Festival   Various   1997/98   Various  

The  Sisters  Rosensweig   Wendy  Wasserstein   1997/98   Barbara  Larose  

Dancing  at  Lughnassa   Brian  Friel   1998/99   Kerri  L.  MacDonald  

Bag  Babies   Allan  Stratton   1998/99   Wendy  Thatcher  

The  Progress  of  Love   Alice  Munro,  adapted  by  Guillaume  Bernardi  

1998/99   Guillaume  Bernardi  

New  Ideas  Festival  ‘99   Various     1998/99   Various  

The  Illusion   Tony  Kushner,  adapted  from  a  play  by  Pierre  Corneille  

1998/99   Rebecca  Cann  

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Les  Liaisons  Dangereuses   Christopher  Hampton,  from  the  novel  by  Choderlos  de  Laclos  

1999/00   Jennifer  Parr  

A  View  from  the  Roof   Dave  Carley,  based  on  the  stories  of  Helen  Weinzweig  

1999/00   Jane  Carnwath  

New  Ideas  Festival  2000   Various   1999/00   Various  

The  Real  Thing   Tom  Stoppard   1999/00   David  Savoy  

Under  the  Skin   Betty  Lambert   1999/00   Sarah  Sked  

Talley’s  Folly   Lanford  Wilson   2000/01   PJ  Hammond  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  Ten  Lost  Years   Cedric  Smith  and  Jack  Winter,  based  on  

the  book  by  Barry  Broadfoot  2000/01   Jill  Frappier  

New  Ideas  Festival  2001   Various   2000/01   Various  

Moo   Sally  Clark   2000/01   Kristen  Scheiner  

A  Presentation  of  Staged  Readings  from  the  New  Ideas  Festival  2001    

Various   2000/01    

The  Pear  is  Ripe   Shirley  Barrie   2001/02   Molly  Thom  

The  Attic,  The  Pearls  and  Three  Fine  Girls  

Jennifer  Brewin,  Leah  Cherniak,  Ann-­‐Marie  MacDonald,  Alisa  Palmer  and  Martha  Ross  

2001/02   PJ  Hammond  

Orpheus  Descending   Tennessee  Williams   2001/02   Rita  Spannbauer  

New  Ideas  Festival  2002   Various   2001/02   Various  

Woman  in  Mind   Alan  Ayckbourn   2001/02   Warren  Coughlin  

Beautiful  City   George  F.  Walker   2002/03   Angela  Finlay  

Collected  Stories   Donald  Margulies   2002/03    

Amy’s  View   David  Hare   2002/03    

New  Ideas  Festival  2003   Various   2002/03   Various  

Lettuce  and  Lovage   Peter  Shaffer   2002/03   Rita  Spannbauer  

Absurd  Person  Singular   Alan  Aykbourn   2003/04    

A  Lie  of  the  Mind   Sam  Sheppard   2003/04   Paul  Hardy  

The  Real  World?   Michel  Tremblay   2003/04   Barbara  Larose  

Summer  and  Smoke   Tennessee  Williams   2003/04    

New  Ideas  Festival  2004   Various   2003/04   Various  

Who’s  Afraid  of  Virginia  Woolf?   Edward  Albee   2004/05   Barbara  Larose  

Readings  in  the  Rafters:  Scary  Stories  by  Edgar  Allan  Poe  

Edgar  Allan  Poe   2004/05    

Criminal  Hearts   Jane  Martin   2004/05   PJ  Hammond  

After  You   Dave  Carley   2004/05   Jane  Carnwath  

New  Ideas  Festival  2005   Various   2004/05   Various  

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Problem  Child  and  Criminal  Genius   George  F.  Walker   2004/05   Brad  Lepp  

She  Stoops  to  Conquer   Oliver  Goldsmith   2005/06   PJ  Hammond  

Ashes  to  Ashes  This  is  a  Play  

Edward  Albee  Daniel  MacIvor  

2005/06   Natasha  Mytnowych  Margaret  Gobie  

Homeward  Bound   Elliot  Hayes   2005/06   Jane  Carnwath  

New  Ideas  Festival  2006   Various   2005/06   Various  

Moonlight  and  Valentino   Ellen  Simon   2005/06   Dinah  Watts  

Baby  with  the  Bathwater   Christopher  Durang   2006/07   Dinah  Watts  

Perfect  Pie   Judith  Thompson   2006/07   Paul  Hardy  

Plays  Produced  by  the  Alumnae  Theatre  Company,    formerly  the  University  Alumnae  Dramatic  Club  

Play   Author   Year   Director  Lady  Windermere’s  Fan   Oscar  Wilde   2006/07   Barbara  Larose  

New  Ideas  Festival  2007   Various   2006/07   Various  

If  We  Are  Women   Joanna  McClelland  Glass   2006/07   Rita  Spannbauer  

The  Memory  of  Water   Shelagh  Stephenson   2007/08   Barbara  Larose  

For  the  Pleasure  of  Seeing  Her  Again   Michel  Tremblay   2007/08   Lee  Poulin  

Private  Lives   Noel  Coward   2007/08   Ed  Rosing  

New  Ideas  Festival  2008   Various   2007/08   Various  

Daughter  of  the  House,  a  Canadian  premiere  of  a  new  play  by  an  Alumnae  member  

Lucy  Brennan   2007/08   Jane  Carnwath  

Wit   Margaret  Edson   2008/09   Barbara  Larose  

Talking  Heads        A  Lady  of  Letters        Her  Big  Chance        Miss  Fozzard  Finds  Her  Feet  

Alan  Bennett   2008/09   Matt  Howard  

Pride  &  Prejudice   Adapted  by  Christina  Calvit,  from  the  book  by  Jane  Austen  

2008/09   Jane  Carnwath  

New  Ideas  Festival  2009   Various   2008/09   Various  

Closer   Patrick  Marber   2008/09   Laura  Roald  

A  Delicate  Balance  (Part  of  our  countdown  to  100:  taken  from  the  1982/83  season)  

Edward  Albee   2009/10   Barbara  Larose  

Palace  of  the  End   Judith  Thompson   2009/10   Jason  Maghanoy  

Hay  Fever   Noel  Coward   2009/10   Kevin  John  McDonald  

New  Ideas  Festival  2010   Various   2009/10   Various  

The  Queens   Normand  Chaurette,  translated  by  Linda  Gaboriau  

2009/10   Matt  Howard  

You  Are  Here   Daniel  McIvor   2010/2011   Paul  Hardy  

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Hedda  Gabler   Henrik  Ibsen,  translation  by  Judith  Thompson  

2010/2011   Jane  Carnwath  

The  Real  Inspector  Hound  and  After  Magritte  (Part  of  our  countdown  to  100:  taken  from  the  1976/77  season)  

Tom  Stoppard   2010/2011   Barbara  Larose  and  Ellen  Green  

New  Ideas  Festival  2011   Various   2010/2011   Various  

Guineapigging,  a  Canadian  premiere  of  a  new  play  by  an  Alumnae  member  

Cate  Frid   2010/2011   Molly  Thom  

After  Mrs.  Rochester   Polly  Teale   2011/2012   Laura  Roald  

Sylvia   A.R.  Gurney   2011/2012   Maria  Popoff  

The  Trojan  Women  (Part  of  our  countdown  to  100:  taken  from  the  1992/1993  season)  

Euripides,  adaptation  by  Gwendolyn  MacEwan  

2011/2012   Alexandra  Seay  

New  Ideas  Festival  2012   Various   2011/2012   Various  

Cosi   Louis  Nowra   2011/2012   Jane  Carnwath  

February   Lisa  Moore   2012/2013   Michelle  Alexander  

The  Drowning  Girls   Beth  Graham,  Charlie  Tomlinson,  Daniela  Vlaskalic  

2012/2013   Taryn  Jorgenson  

A  Woman  of  No  Importance   Oscar  Wilde   2012/2013   Paul  Hardy  

New  Ideas  Festival  2013   Various   2012/2013   Various  

The  Killdeer  (Part  of  our  countdown  to  100:  taken  from  the  1959/1960  season)  

James  Reaney   2012/2013   Barbara  Larose  

The  Underpants  (Part  of  our  countdown  to  100:  taken  from  the  1967/68  season)  

Carl  Sternheim,  adaption  by  Steve  Martin  

2013/2014   Ginette  Mohr  

Fireworks  2013   Various   2013/2014   Various  

The  Lady’s  Not  for  Burning   Christopher  Fry   2013/2014   Jane  Carnwath  

New  Ideas  Festival  2014   Various   2013/2014   Various  

Rabbit  Hole   David  Lindsay-­‐Abaire   2013/2014   Paul  Hardy  

Revised  and  updated:  October  2014